have sex with the girl. he made bail that night, but after detectives say they found child pornography on a mobile device he owned, they had him rearrest in san diego. >> the scout is expected to meet later this week to take a first vote on one of the two same-sex marriage cases they heard. our news reporter was there. >> what was going through your mind sitting in the courtroom today? >> what was going through my mind? >> i felt very serious. very serious. >> the 83-year-old woman is the face behind the doma lawsuit that challenges the 1996 defense of marriage act denying federal benefits for illegally married same-sex couples. here is ruse bader ginsburg. >> there are two kinds of marriage, the full marriage, and then this sort of...skim milk

marriage. >> after the justices vote, if they decide not to rehear the cases, they will begin crafting their decisions expected to come out in june. we posted the audio from the two hearings at abc7news.com if you want to listen. it is under "see it on tv." >> on this friday eve, we love that term. it sounds good. lisa argen is here for mike nicco. i saw sprinkles, too, this morning. >> little muggy as well with moist southwest flow that is pumping in the possibility of a shower, plenty of clouds this afternoon and we will look for a little bit of clearing. mostly cloudy and partly sunny will do it for today with the temperatures very mild from five to nine degrees warmer this morning than yesterday morning. that puts everyone in the 50's. we are looking at a little bit of fog along the coast. this morning, look for numbers in the 50's and a chance of a

shower through noon with mid-60's from the bay to our inland valleys and around the south bay, cupertino, sunnyvale, santa clara, 70 for the afternoon high, and the evening hours, still, a chance of an isolated shower and tomorrow we get our break with 70's and looking like a pretty nice day. in fact, from the next three we will see some sunshine tomorrow, a chance of a shower on saturday and sunday, and we even have the possibility of a few thunderstorms on easter sunday from a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain, a cut off low that we will watch closely. unfortunately, it could bring a little bit of wet weather for your easter. >> today is a very special morning because we are here with a new abc7 news team traffic reporter. >> good morning eric and kristen. >> could you tell the audience about yourself. >> absolutely. first of all, i wanted to say i am thrilled to be back in the

bay area. i am ecstatic about it. it is a beautiful city and honored to be part of the abc7 news team and excited to bring my traffic knowledge and experience to the bay area. >> and your super nice personality. we have gotten to know you the last few weeks. welcome aboard. >> she brought cookies yesterday! >> and today. >> that is what i mean by personality. what do you have? >> we have a little bit of construction so on the maps if you can take a look at you make the drive into antioch, as we head right over to pittsburg and into concord we are looking at the eastbound lane, and we can see three lanes are blocked until 6:00 a.m., and down the peninsula we make the drive along 101 southbound side, we are looking at more volume out there as you make it out of palo alto and into san jose. kristen and eric? >> we will later a lot more from you, thank you. >> developing in us from san jose this morning where

detectives are investigating a police officer's shooting a suspect, the third type it has happened in that city this month our abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is near where the suspect was wounded. >> this scene was only just cleared overnight and it will be a long and thorough investigation because, as you mentioned, it is the third officer-involved shooting in san jose just this month. take a look at this video over the scene about 4:30 yesterday afternoon. you can see a red car in the driveway. that is the car in question. it is reportedly a stolen car. when police came upon it yesterday afternoon they saw a woman was driving. there was also someone in the passenger seat. when police got this, the woman started moving that car and actually hit one of the officers >> the officer was in fear for safety and discharged his firearm striking the driver at least once. the passenger did sustain an injury, unknown whether or not that is as a result of the

gunfire. >> the passenger is going to fine. also, the woman who was shot is expected to live. the officer who was hit by the car was hurt but police say his injuries are not life threatening. he now is on paid administrative leave. police say that each officer-involved shooting is different and each is thoroughly investigateed. live in san jose, i am katie marzullo. >> next, facebook's physical footprint is about to grow. the giant's new expansion plans here in the bay area. >> it is now or never to speak up about california's high-speed rail, the obscure legal move the state is making to clear the path for the controversial project. >> but first here are the tech bytes this morning. >> battle royal against spam, a group that fights spam with the volume 300 billion bits a second sis times what is needed to take out a banking site.

california city council man think each e-mail message should be taxed probably raising billions a year which he would like to use to save his local post office. your e-mail could be read outloud by the sprint information system which reads text and suggests places for you to stop along the way. what smartphone you use could say a lot about it. iphone users are younger, more active on social networks and listen to the radio more on their phones and droid owners are older, more likely to play game and read news and sport sites.

>> fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all bay area, this abc7 news. >> welcome back at 4:41. former south africa president nelson mandela is back in the hospital with another lung infection admittedded before midnight. according to the south africa government, the 94-year-old is

conscious and aware. a presidential spokesman says given his age and history, doctors are acting with caution. the antiapartheid icon has been if and out of the hospital since december for the same lung infection. mandela spent 27 years in prison before becoming south africa's first democratically elected president. he won the nobel peace prize in 1993. amen low park-based facebook has received we permission to build a second campus close to headquarters. the 22 acre west campus site is located on constitution drive on the other side of bayfront expressway from the social media headquarters. the 433,000 square foot building will be designed by a renown architect with a roof park with a tunnel connecting the two campuses. >> google glasses could bring new manufacturing jobs to the

silicon valley which is assembled in santa clara at factory run by a taiwan-based company known for making iphones and ipads in china. this is a major boost for u.s. electronics manufacturing. in recent years tech companies have assembled products in asia. this week google started notifying winners of the contest to test out the glasses. they will pay $1,500 if they want to test drive the high-tech spectacles. >> major league baseball runs tonight with the first game of the bay bridge series between the a's and giants at at&t park. the a's beat the giants in saturday in arizona. the defending world series champions will host the a's in san francisco tonight and tomorrow night. the series will then switch to the oakland colisieum on saturday afternoon. giants start the season on monday taking on the dodgers in los angeles. the a's will be at home hosting seattle on monday night. >> fans can delight in some new

food at at&t ball park. wayne gives us a taste of some of the new additions. >> a sign of the promises season: arrival of heavy metal on wheels, cars shipped in from spring training and the field that makes you hungry for something like this? it is a sushi burrito. a tasty sushi burrito. >> in fact, most everyone here was eating as the world series champions put out a world-class spread of major league food. all kinds. do you remember how the giants accidentally spilled so much of the mum duffle the championship run? it is here and available this season. the for stuff is $140 a bottle. they ored us some. we are not allowed to bring it on television, that is fcc law, did you know that? >> it smells good.

>> absolutely. >> look at her. taste good too. didn't see a thing, did new. >> no. >> also, red and white clam chow december, garlic fries. >> how about some ketchup? >> what is the fun in that. >> mexican food or cheeseburgers or a bunch of gourmet sausages. for each of the restaurants it is a marketing opportunity to 40,000 people each gay. >> how about a play old fashioned all american hotdog? thank you. thank you. thank you. >> the hotdog will cost $6.75. that sushi burrito is $14.50! >> there is something for everyone at the ballpark.

>> if you have a second mortgage. >> we are super excited about the orange and green and we have it going on. >> and the weather should cooperate. right now, live doppler 7 hd is picking up most of the activity in the central valley around stockton but we are looking at poor visibility along the coast, with plenty of fog, with mist and drizzle and the chance of an isolated shower. the golden gate bridge, here is a look, so be careful. 50 in santa rosa. very mild in napa at 54. livermore is at 55. and 56 in union city. a look at 80 this morning, toward walnut creek, mid-50's in san carlos and 57 in san jose, so it is all the moisture and the cloud cover on top of us. we are looking at a mild start, muggy this afternoon, the boast chance of sprinkles and isolated showers throughout the morning and afternoon hours, and we will get into a warm-up tomorrow with sunshine and a return to 70, scattered showers on tap for

saturday and easter sunday, as well. we are in this moist southwest flow with a couple of systems offshore and with it, it is sending in the clouds and maybe rain and sprinkles or light showers from time to time. the clouds should thin out in the late afternoon, as well, and as a result, temperatures will be on the mild side. for the rest of the morning we have the cloudy skies, and perhaps a shower here or there, going through the rest of the morning, you will notice that mostly cloudy, partly sunny throughout the afternoon, and east bay hills could be looking at a shower an the south bay, and up into the hills of the north bay, as well, and then by tomorrow, we are looking at the weak ridge building and that should give us the sunniest and mile of the day. for the temperatures today, mid-60's in oakland, 70's in san jose, and morgan hill and 65 in santa rosa, and headed to the game tonight, you will expense a pretty good condition but do not worry about rain, upper 50's, and by the time it winds down look for the clouds and mid-50's

with the sun then setting at 7:29. today, an isolated showers with numbers in the 60's to 70 so 50's at the coast and a warm-up, dry tomorrow, showers over the weekend and maybe a thunderstorm, and dry and warmer next week. good morning, leyla. >> good morning, lisa, we will look at the bay bridge where the dry weather is looking good for the roads. clear conditions looking to the tolls and as we head further out to san mateo, the drive along 101, southbound side, we do have two cars that got in an accident out there, and two lanes are blocked and we are not seeing any delays northbound side, and no problems out there, either. we have some construction at brokaw boulevard and slowing in the southbound direction approaching 101. kristen and eric? >> leyla, thank you. in a few hours san jose students will march to honor caesar chavez. the students from the elementary union school district will begin

the march at 8:30. they will walk to the mexican heritage plaza and hold an assembly to celebrate his live. his birthday would have been on sunday, the 20th year the district has held the march in his honor. in the 1960's and 1970's co-foundered the labor group that became the united farm workers of america. >> san francisco attracts millions of tourists and this morning we will find out the economic impact of their visit to the city. today, the travel association will release their 2012 economic impact figures for the city's tourism industry. experts say tourism is san francisco's largest industry generating nearly $9 billion in spending and employing more than 71,000 people in 2011. >> listen to this, the state of california is suing you and everyone else in the world. it is a strike again the lawsuits they expect to be filed

against the controversial high-speed rail. the suit filed on of behalf of the high-speed rail authority named the defendants as all persons interested, that of coulds anyone on earth who may later object to the project designed to link northern and southern california. the suit was filed under an obscure civil law that states sue now or forever homed your peace. construction on the $69 billion rail system is supposed to get underway this summer in the central valley. >> coming up, incredible pictures from washington state after mother nature reshapes a coastal community and the threat is not over yet. >> giving away guns to fight crime. a controversial land to make the neighborhood safe

>> good morning, everyone, 4:52 and a look toward the embarcardero and the bay bridge, of course, with traffic light. it is not even 5:00. trust me, it will pick up.

leyla gulen will tell you all about it, the newest member our traffic team. >> we are learning new details of the mass shooting in tucson, arizona, but, first we will tell you about a power outage in san mateo affecting 1,500 customers starting before 4:30 this morning with no estimated time of when it will be restored but we will bring you updates as we get them with 1,500 people without customer. >> now the mass shooting in tucson, arizona, accused killing six people and wounding 13 others including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. the sheriff has released 2,700 documents from the case and records show loughner was wearing all black that day from head to to and he was placed in a patrol car he pleaded the 5 the low no one was asking questions. later he told deputies he wanted

them to know he is the only person who knows about this and record shows he was fired from a clothing store and kicked out of college prior to the mass shooting. >> new this morning in arizona, you have heard of gun buyback programs what about a gun give away? that is what a tucson man is doing, planning on giving out free shotguns in high-crime areas, models after a program recently launched in houston. city leaders say the effort is out of touch with community needs and values but he disagrees. >> if you are a criminal are you, if you have a plaque outside the neighborhood that says this neighborhood is protected by armed citizens. will you go to the next neighborhood, instead? >> he says the program is funded by donations and will launch in the next several months. anyone who wants a free shotgun will have to fill out an application online and pass the

background check. >> it seems like it is a little bit of groundhog day this week, sprinkles in the morning, got that again driving in, right? >> we sure did. lisa has more on that. >> it is rough in the afternoon. sunshine, and the same theme again today, before it switches up for the beginning of the weekend. live doppler 7 hd shows in the santa cruz mountains a few light returns and mist and drizzle greeted you with mild temperatures and a good deal of fog on the golden gate bridge, along the coast, three miles visibility and two miles at the san carlos airport and we will look at temperatures today climbing through the 60's despite the cloud cover, still a chance of a shower but a few sunny breaks and upper 60's around the bay, and we are talking about the east bay, oakland, san leandro, inlands concord and livermore valley at 70, and, also, san jose, with upper 50's at our coast, and in the southland look for partly cloudy skies and the emphasis of a shower is in the northern part of state.

good morning, hailly. >> we have a sig-alert, on the peninsula, southbound 101 at broadway, the three lanes are, monthed and that is due to a couple of cars that collided. we are not see any closing yet. northbound side is looking clear out there. we are looking at a little bit of volume starting to build coming away from sfo but be aware that will be around for a while. we have construction right through marin county, southbound 101. we have one lane that will be blocked to tamalpais until 1:00 o'clock. >> thank you, leyla. parts of an island in washington will be closed after a landslide. three dozen homes remain evacuated after a landslide steam rolled the small community overlooking puget sound. engineers will be back to determine if the hillside is still sliding. this is about half an hour from

seattle. this morning, roads closed, water and power have been knocked out to that community. >> two berkeley 4th graders are activists to bring a friend home starting a petition drive on the web site. >> change.org to help their classmate who were visiting family in mexico when their visas expired and they are told they have a five year wait to return. the brothers hope this will convince the senator to introduce legislation to help bring he and his parents back to the bay area. >> colorful spring celebration from ear to india, the annual holy festival with hindus marking the start spring and the colors that come with it. photographs from southeast india where children are celebrating by throwing brightly colored powder at each other the can you get in on the action, too, with a two-day festival next weekend at stanford and many others away the bay area.

>> next at 5:00 a.m., nabbed after leading cops on a chase. who police found behind the wheel of this stolen car. >> the gun control

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 5:00, thanks for joining us on this thursday. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas and you may run into sprinkles. >> lisa argen checks it out. >> we have low clouds, fog, and low visibility. we have a few returns on live

doppler 7 hd in the south bay and santa cruz mountains but much of the moisture is low-level moisture in the form of the low clouds and mist and drizzle. visibility from the coast to the golden gate bridge around san carlos is only two miles. mid 50's as you head out, so very mild from livermore to los gatos and 50 in san jose. this morning, low-to-mid 50's, mostly cloudy skies and a slight chance of a shower, and tonight the skies clear for the ballgame and we will have that forecast and a look at the seven-day outlook ahead. >> good morning, everyone, we take you out to san mateo where we have a sig-alert still in affect, look southbound 101 at broadway, you can see heavy backups now as you come in the southbound direction and northbound is not affected out there. a quick look at our travel times, 580, 23 minutes headed from tracy to dublin/pleasanton and moving along at top speeds and, now, finally a look at emeryville, moving through the

macarthur maze and both sides cleared. >> thank you, leyla. right now, we will go to the first-hand account of a little girl with girl courage, a 3rd grader is returning to school after being shot with an arrow during a class field trip. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with the latest. amy? >> not every day a kid comes to school with a story like this the 8-year-old nadine said it was sting to have an arrow stuck in her leg and it hurt really wad. she was on a field trip with her class at uc berkeley and she was shot by an arrow from a crossbow, a 20" arrow was in her leg. she stayed calm and was very brave. >> we were listening to taylor swift and